Geeky News for Lawyers

Watch out for this fax from USNameRegistrar (dot) com! What would you think if you got a fax with the following in it:

Final Notice

Intellectual property notification

False descriptions and dilution of trademarks…

Use of a domain name in bad faith…

Why that looks like I may be in violation of someone’s intellectual property! Am I about to be sued? Oh, noes!

However, as best as I can tell, this is sales letter trying to get me to register ColoradoDisability (dot) us because my disability firm already has a similar domain registered. Anyone care to guess how much they would like to charge to sell the domain to me?

But here’s the thing: would any reasonable person think this is a sales letter on first reading? Hell no! Take a look at the letter for yourself: usnameregistrar fax.